With the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak in Sydney continuing, schools across NSW will be implementing new restrictions when term 3 begins on Tuesday.

Griffith and the rest of the Riverina will be exempt from the strictest guidelines however will still have to follow the level 2 restrictions.

Under these restrictions, masks are recommended for teachers and high school students but will not be mandatory.

Parents will not be allowed to enter school grounds to drop off and pick up their children, indoor excursions will be cancelled and competitive sport will only be allowed to be played between students from the same school, while canteen's will continue to operate as usual.

Any parents who need to enter the school for a planned meeting will need to wear a mask, complete the QR code sign in and follow the one person per four square metre rule.

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Michael Morrell the principal of St Patrick's Primary School said the guidelines will be clearly outlined to students, staff and parents and the school is well-prepared to follow the rules.

"For the most part it is reverting back to what it was previously," Mr Morrell said.

"We've already got the QR codes, we've got the sanitiser and we're pretty much set up already."

Mr Morrell was glad to see in-school learning continue and said disruptions to students would be minimal.

"The only change to the children will be that there's no singing and other than that it's business as usual for the students," he said.

"It's only the parents that will have to adhere to a couple of things."

The Department of Education's deputy secretary of operations Murat Dizdar explained the guidelines were created in consultation with NSW Health and described them as a risk management framework.

"The framework was developed by recognising the health requirements and nuancing [them] for the educational context," he said.

"The risk is lower in regional schools than other locations and that is why the level 2 restrictions are more appropriate."

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